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HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  May   31,   1864.— Referred 
to  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  the  Chair.] 


message:  of  the  president. 

RicHMOifo,  Va.,  May  so,  1864. 

To  the  Svncie  and  Huuse  of  Representatives  : 

I  herewith  transmit,  for  your  consideration,  a  communication  from 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  submitting  an  estimate  of  an  additional 
Fum  required  for  the  support  of  the  Government. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


COMMUNICATION  FROM  SEgRETARY  OF  THE  TREASURY. 

Treasury  Department,  C.  S.  A., 
Richmond,  May  25,  1864. 

To  the  President  : 

Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  to  hand  you  herewith,  estimate  of  appropria- 
tion asked  fowin  pursuance  of  report  of  2Uth  instant,  from  this-  De- 
partment, for  the  purchase  of  cotton,  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  the 
means  of  paying,  in  coin,  the  interest  on  certificates  of  indebtedness, 
and  would  respectfully  request  that  you  communicate  the  same  to 
Congress. 

Yery  respectfully,  your  Obedient  servant, 

C.   G.  MEMMINGER, 
Secretary  of  Treasury. 


'ESTIMATE  OF  APPROPRIATION  asked  for  in  pursuance  of  Re^ 
port  ff  Secretary  of  Treasury  of  May  2(»,  1864  .* 

Amount  to  be  applied  to  the  purchase  of  cotton,  for  the  purpose  of 
procuring  the  means  of  paying,  in  coin,  the  interest  on  certificates 
of  indebtedness,  ten  millions  of  dollars,  $10,000,000 

C.  G.  MEMMINGER, 

Secretary  of  Tieasury, 
Treasury  Department, 
3/07/  25,  1.S64. 


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